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118mail.com today announces the launch of the ultimate new email service. Every phone number in the UK is now an email address (e.g. phone ...

on 2005-06-16 04:52:34

It's simple, safe and spam free

118mail.com today announces the launch of the ultimate new email service. Every phone number in the UK is now an email address (e.g. phone number @118mail.com). By enabling this, 118mail.com has removed the problem of hard to remember and complicated addresses, whilst also providing people with a simple and effective way of presenting their contact details.

118mail.com also offers a new level of protection against the problems of spam. The company's patent pending security system provides strong internal and external controls preventing spam from reaching user's inboxes whilst also preventing spammers from using the service. Users are verified upon sign up via a text from their mobile phone, reducing the anonymity that enables spammers to operate on other email services. Additionally, users can only receive emails from other verified 118mail.com users or contacts in the account holder's address book.

118mail.com is designed with simplicity and security in mind. It can be used as a safe and secure email system or one can choose to have mail forwarded to an existing account. 118mail.com also allows users to set up additional addresses such as, your name@118mail.com for those not wanting to give out a phone number. 118mail also offers as standard the full functionality of POP3 and IMAP.

David Landsberg, Founder of 118mail ltd said: "118mail.com will revolutionise email by removing the problems that have dogged email since day one - complicated addresses and persistent spam. The current email user has an average of 3.1 email addresses in an attempt to avoid spam. We believe, with 118mail's safeguards and simple address format, people will use our service either on it's own or alongside their existing accounts as an easy, spam free way to keep in touch."

To use 118mail.com simply log on to www.118mail.com and enter your mobile number - you will then be asked to text a password to 82118. The unique patent pending security system will then verify that you are the owner of the phone number activated. Your own verified email address will now be activated. 118mail has a one-time activation fee of Â£1.50 that will be charged via a premium rate text message. Every three months you will receive a re-verification text to ensure the mobile number is still active and valid. You will receive the first re-verification text within 48 hours of activation. These texts will cost an additional Â£1.50 each.

Related information

"More than 50 billion e-mails are despatched every day worldwide. Of these 88 percent are junk e-mails, including around one per cent which are virus infected." Daily Mail - April 22, 2005

"In the UK, there are now 13 million young people with a mobile phone." mobileYouth 2005

"46.96 million people in the UK have a mobile phone." TGI Global Consumer Barometer - September 2004

"Email validation is going to be big in the second half of 2005 and in the twelve months after that will become mainstream." Forrester Research - June 2004

About 118mail.com
118mail.com is a new email service that uses a phone number as an email address. Simply by knowing a phone number anyone can be contacted via email. In addition, 118mail.com offers a fully enhanced email service, including POP3 and IMAP, providing a simple, safe and spam free environment. Through 118mail.com's patent pending security system and strong internal controls, emails will only be received from other 118mail.com users and contacts listed in the user's address book.

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